Faucet attachment



March23, 1943. v C.'E.LEHMAN 2,314,357

FAUCET ATTACHMENT Filed April 20, 1940 l jeizmam Patented Mar. 1943UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Writ-2W cannuhnimomm m. I

2 Claims. ((1210-84) outwardly from the bottom of the cylindrical Thisinvention relates to a faucet attachment, and has for an object toprovide an improvement in the faucet attachmentdisclosed in applicant'sprior Patent No. 2,103,425 of December 28; 1937, theimproved'feature-"of this invention over that in the prior patent beingin making the outlet end of the attachment easily dlrectable, that is,in making it possible to manually direct the spray to a wide area whichis not directly below the faucet, the area including the, sides andcorners of the sink into which the faucet discharges.

A further object of this invention is to provide an elongated neck inthe faucet attachment of applicant's aforementionedpatent, whichelongated neck will normally hold the outlet end in direct line with theinlet end just as in the aforesaid patent, andin addition, will permitthe outlet end of the attachment to be manually directed at any desiredangle to the inlet end.

In addition, this invention has all the objects and purposes set forthin the aforementioned patent.

With the foregoing and other objects in view,

as will hereinafter become apparent, this invention comprises theconstructions, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter setforth, disclosed'and shown on the accompanying drawing. In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of this improved faucet attachment inposition on a faucet.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the faucet attachment of Fig. 1,and

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are section views on lines 3-3, 4-4 and 5-75 of Fig. 2.g

There is shown at it the faucet attachment of this invention as appliedto an ordinary conventional faucet II. This faucet attachment i is madeprincipally of molded soft rubber and comprises a cylindrical head I2about which is formed, adjacent its opposite ends, a pair of reinforcingthickenedribs l3 and M. This cylindrical head I2 is provided with aninternally extending funnel-shaped angular flange l which tapers inthickness somewhat toward an aperture i6 centrally thereof. Spaced belowthis flange i5 is a second internally extending flange I! which has'acircular aperture l8 therethrough slightly larger in diameter than theaperture It, the aperture It being adapted to stretch to about the sizeof the aperture l8 as the cylindrie cal head I2 is forced upwardly overthe end of the faucet II to mount the faucet attachment i0 thereon inthe operative position shown in Fig. 1.

Tapering somewhat inwardly and extending head I2 is an elongatedflexible neck 20, the neck 20 being connected to the cylindrical head 12by a somewhat funnel-shaped portion 2| which tapers in thickness fromthehead i2 to the neck 20. The minimum internal diameter of the neck 20is slightly less than the diameter of the aperture l8 whereby thediameter of the neck 20 is equal to the internal diameter of thedischarge end of the faucet l I, to which it is to be attached. Thisneck 20 extends about an inch and a half,

more or less, from the funnel-shaped portion 2| in substantiallycylindrical shape, and then flares I outwardly again as at 22 andterminates in a short downwardly extending cylindrical shoulder 23.

Extending outwardly from the shoulder 23 is a flared skirt 24terminating in a lip 25 which acts as a support for the perforatedstrainer or disk plate 26, this plate being provided with a valve door21 to which is connected a handle 30 as already described in theaforementioned patent, and in Patent No. 2,103,424. Above the sprayplate 26 that is just above the lip 25, the flared skirt 24 is providedwith 'a plurality of internal reinforcing ribs 3|. Internally extendingfrom the juncture of the cylindrical shoulder 23 and the top of theflared skirt 24 is the funnelshaped flange 32 perforated as at 33 andproviding a support between it and the outwardly ex-' tending neckportion 22 for the filter disk 34.

In operation, the attachment i0 is forced over the end of the faucet IIand held in operative position by the cooperation of the aperturedinternal flanges l5 and i1 just-as in applicants first mentioned patentabove. I i is turned on, the valve door 21 in the position shown in Fig.2 causes the flow to exit in a spraywhile if the valve handle 30 ismoved to the position shown-in dotted lines at 30 in Fig. 3, a steadystream flows through the large central aperture provided in the plate 26just as in applicants first mentioned prior patent, that is, the sprayor stream coming from the outlet travels directly down from the faucetll. Many times, however, it is desirable to provide either a spray Whenthe faucet or a stream of water in areas of the sink other thah directlybelow the faucet II. This was possible to a very limited extent withapplicants prior-patent by twisting the whole faucet attachment on thefaucet, with the effect, however, of weakening the faucet attachingflanges and often accidentally removing the attachment from the faucet.With the present invention, however, the cylindrical head l2 remainsfixed on the faucet i l and the elongated neck 20 or preferably eitherthe flared skirt 24 or cylindrical shoulder 23 may be grasped manuallyto cause the outlet of the faucet attachment In to be directed anydesired angle to the cylindrical head l2 and thus to the faucet H whilethe cylindrical head l2 remains firmly attached to the faucet ii, thefiexing or bending taking place entirely in the flexible elongated neck2|). There is thus provided a directable spray or stream faucetattachment having all the advantages in applicants aforesaidfirst-mentioned patent, and in addition having the advantages that aspray or a stream may be directed anywhere in the sink area without thenecessity of providing an additional separate flexible hose.

A further result of this invention is that the less expensive rigidfaucet II when used with the present invention, just described, has theadvantages of the comparatively expensive swingable faucet nozzle whoseonly purpose is to enable the stream to be directed over an extremelylimited area of the sink as compared with the wide area of the sink thatit can cover by the present improved faucet attachment.

The novel features and the operations of this device will be apparentfrom the foregoing description. While the device has been shown and thestructure described in detail, it is obvious that this is not to beconsidered limited to the exact form disclosed and that changes may bemade therein within the scope of what is claimed without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of this invention, whatis claimed is:

l. A faucet attachment comprising an all rubber casing, said casingcomprising a cylindrical head having apertured means therewithln formounting it on the end of a faucet, a cylindrical neck, an outwardlyflared strainer holding outlet portion, said neck being of asubstantially small- 5 er diameter than said head, the thickness of thewall of said neck being less than that of the wall of said head, afunnel-shaped portion, tapered in thickness, connecting said neckto saidhead and an outwardly flared funnel-shaped portion connecting said neckto said strainer holding outlet portion, whereby said outlet portion maybe manually grasped to direct said outlet portion at any desired angleto said head, the bending takin place entirely within the neck withoutaffecting the head and its mounting means on the faucet end.

2. A faucet attachment comprising an all rubber casing, said casingcomprising a cylindrical head having apertured means therewithin for gomounting it on the end of a faucet, a cylindrical neck, an outwardlyflared strainer holding outlet portion, said neck being of asubstantially smaller diameter than said head, the thickness of the wallof said neck being less than that of the wall of said head, afunnel-shaped portion, tapered in thickness, connecting said neck tosaid head and an outwardly flared funnel-shaped portion connecting saidneck to said strainer holding outlet portion, said neck having a lengthat least somewhat but not much greater than its diameter, whereby saidoutlet portion may be manually grasped to direct said outlet portion atany desired angle to said head, the bending taking place entirely Withinthe neck without affecting the head and its mounting means on the faucetend.

CARL E. LEHMAN.

